Inventions
Definitions and Terms
Who's Who
WW1
Spanish American War
100
Airplane's first peaceful use
What is mail carrying
100
Journalists who try to expose bad business practices were
What are Muckrakers
100
Who invented the telephone?
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
100
Propaganda (define)
What is trying to sway people to believe things the government wants them to
100
America attacked here first
What is the Philippines
200
Biggest reason on urban sprawl was because of this invention
What is the automobile
200
The Chinese Exclusion Act
What is prohibiting all Chinese immigration except for students, teachers, merchants, government officials, and tourists
200
Who invented the type writer?
Who is Christopher Sholes?
200
Selective service Act (define)
What is the authorization for the government to draft millions of men for the war effort
200
exaggerated writing that was used to enrage its readers
What is Yellow Journalism
300
Who created the Bessemer system, and what did the system do?
Who is Henry Bessemer, and it made a cheap and easy way to make stronger steel
300
Graft
What is the illegal use of political influence for personal gain
300
What is Mary Harris Jones known for?
What is organizing coal miners, women and children to fight for better working conditions
300
Assassination of this person sparked WW1
Who is Arch Duke Ferdinand
300
The USS Maine
What is the ship that was destroyed and started the Spanish American War
400
What 2 inventions made skyscrapers possible?
What is the elevator and steel frame work
400
What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
What are acts that affected free speech by fining or jailing people who spoke badly of the government or the war effort
400
Who tried to stop the lynching of African Americans by writing and lecturing?
Who is Ida B. Wells
400
an international organization that was formed so countries could come together instead of resort to war
What is The League of Nations
400
A letter was made fun of McKinley and called him weak
What is the De Lome letter
500
George Eastman invented this
What is the roll film camera
500
3 causes of WW1
What is militarism, alliance system, and imperialism
500
What is Louis Sullivan known for?
What is designing the first skyscraper
500
Lead the American Expeditionary Force in WW1
Who is General John J. Pershing
500
Given to America after the signing of the Treaty of Paris
What is the Philippines
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